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Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Friday addressed the people of the State over the carnage at Nimbo, Uzo-Uwani Local Government Area by Fulani herdsmen. The Governor spoke at the Government House in a solemn session attended by several leaders in the State, including the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, other senators and […]

The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr. Ibrahim Magu, on Friday said that the secret behind his outstanding record as a Special Fraud investigator. He said that his study of Accounting made him stand out as an investigator. Magu made the revelation in Abuja when the President of the Association […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced N3.6b in stolen funds to former Minister of Aviation, Senator Stella Oduah, according to EFCC sources. As Minister of Aviation, Oduah secured several multi-billion naira contracts to upgrade Nigeria’s 22 airports. It was later revealed that much of this money went into the minister’s pockets and […]

Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari has revealed that his administration is bent on recovering the funds stolen from the public purse by some corrupt public office holders to rehabilitate the collapsed economy of the nation.   The president said this in his address read at the swearing-in-ceremony of 2016 Batch ‘A’ members of the National Youth Service […]

The Oba of Benin, Omo n’Oba Erediauwa Akpolokpolo I, is dead.He was 93 years old. He died on Friday afternoon. The Iyase of Benin Kingdom, Chief Sam Igbe, announced his death few minutes ago. Oba Erediawua took on the title and duties as traditional head of state and rightful heir of the ancient Benin Empire […]

The Senate has invited the country’s security chiefs to brief it on the activities of fleeing terrorists in the North East to prevent the spread of terrorism. The summon followed a motion by Sen. Chukwuka Utazi on the recent attack on Nimbo Community in Enugu State by persons suspected to be herdsmen. Sen. Utazi who […]

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have declared former chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Maurice Iwu, Wanted in connection with a N23.29 billion election bribery scandal. The N23.29 billion slush fund was allegedly used to bribe some INEC officials with a mandate of altering the results of the election in which […]

 “No matter how far the town, there is another beyond it” – Fulani Proverb  There has been so much emotionalism developing around the subject of the recent clashes between nomadic pastoralists and farmers, and the seeming emergence of the former as the new Boko Haram, forbidding not Western education this time, but the right of […]

The National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)  has zoned the party’s chairmanship position to the North-East geo-political zone. Sen. Ali Modu Sheriff , the national chairman of the party, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja, while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the NEC meeting held at the party national secretariat. Sheriff said that […]Read More

Bonnie Honig, political theorist and author of ‘Emergency Politics: Paradox, Law, Democracy’ wrote: “Democracies must resist emergency’s pull to focus on life’s necessities (food, security, and bare essentials)” as they “tend to privatize and isolate citizens rather than bring us together on behalf of hopeful futures.”  Emphasizing the connections between contemporary food politics and the […]Read More

What could have become a tragedy in the Nigerian entertainment industry was averted on Thursday as Tunji Balogun, popularly known as Teebillz, was rescued as he attempted to jump into the lagoon in Lagos, Nigeria. Teebillz was allegedly rescued by one of the Psquare brothers, Banky W, and two others. Teebillz had on Wednesday night […]

The charges against the Senate president, Bukola Saraki has been amended by the federal government as the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) on Thursday, 27th April, added two more charges to the alleged offences of Bukola Saraki, the Senate president. The new charges read: “That you on or about, September 16, 2013 within the jurisdiction […]